# Adversus mathematicos 140-2

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, <ΠΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΙΚΟΥΣ>. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/140-2

Διότιμος (3 Diels) δὲ τρία κατ’ αὐτὸν ἔλεγεν εἶναι κριτήρια, τῆς μὲν τῶν ἀδήλων καταλήψεως τὰ φαινόμενα — ὄψις γὰρ τῶν ἀδήλων τὰ φαινόμενα, ὥς φησιν Ἀναξαγόρας (B 21a Diels), ὃν ἐπὶ τούτῳ Δημόκριτος ἐπαινεῖ —, ξητήσεως δὲ τὴν ἔννοιαν — περὶ παντὸς γάρ, ὠ παῖ, μία ἀρχὴ τὸ εἰδέναι περὶ ὅτου ἔστιν ἡ ζήτησις (Plat. Phaedr. 237B) —, αἱρέσεως δὲ καὶ φυγῆς τὰ πάθη· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ᾧ προσοικειούμεθα, τοῦτο αἱρετόν ἐστιν, τὸ δὲ ᾧ προσαλλοτριούμεθα, τοῦτο φευκτόν ἐστιν. Ἡ μὲν οὖν τῶν παλαιῶν περὶ τοῦ κριτηρίου τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία τοιαύτη τις ἦν·

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Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, Jürgen Mau. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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